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TAMPING
THROUGH
MATHEMATICS
The ten mathematical formulae that changed the face of the earth, as depicted by Nicaragua
in 1971.
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Albrecht Dürer’s enigmatic engraving Melencolia I appears on this miniature sheet from
Mongolia. It features the brooding figure of Melancholy in reflective mood, holding a pair of
compasses. Featured are a giant polyhedron, a sphere, an hourglass, and a 4
4 magic square
in which the numbers in each row, column and diagonal add up to 34; the date of the engraving,
1514, appears in the bottom row.
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TAMPING
THROUGH
MATHEMATICS
R OBIN J. W ILSON
The Open University, UK
All science is either physics or stamp collecting
ERNEST RUTHERFORD
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Robin J. Wilson
Department of Pure Mathematics
The Open University
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
United Kingdom
r.j.wilson@open.ac.uk
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 01A05, 01Axx
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Robin J.
Stamping through mathematics/Robin J. Wilson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-387-98949-8 (alk. paper)
1. Mathematics—History. 2. Mathematics on postage stamps. I. Title.
QA21.W39 2001
510'.9—dc21
00-052279
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